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  • T0RB1T@piefed.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•group effort rule
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    7 days ago

    It would certainly be simpler if propaganda was definitionally dishonest, but I don’t believe that’s the case.

    Propaganda can be completely truthful, it just rarely is.

    All definitions I’ve found suggest that dishonesty, loaded language, presenting limited selective facts, and calls to emotion are all tactics available to propagandists, but not required to meet the definition.



  • T0RB1T@piefed.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•pleasant rule
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    9 days ago

    OK, but the pedestrian buttons generally DO have a function.

    There are lots of intersections (in Canada at least) where pushing the button is the only way to make the lights change.

    And I know it works because there have been multiple cases in the past where I forget to push it, and I end up standing there for a long time, like an idiot.

    It’s not just a placebo, and it’s weird to imagine that cities would spend all that money on more infrastructure only for the buttons to… do nothing?

    Buttons aren’t free.